Operating a building management system using a lighting control interface

Abstract

Devices, systems, and methods for operating a building management system using a lighting control interface are described herein. One device includes an occupancy sensing component, a lighting control interface configured to connect the occupancy sensing device to a lighting control channel of a building, and a building management system (BMS) interface configured to connect the occupancy sensing device to a BMS channel of the building.

What is claimed: 
     
       1. An occupancy sensing device, comprising:
 an occupancy sensing component; 
 a lighting control port configured to directly connect the occupancy sensing device to a digital addressable lighting interface (DALI) lighting control channel of a building; and 
 a building management system (BMS) port configured to directly connect the occupancy sensing device to a BMS channel of the building. 
 
     
     
       2. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the occupancy sensing component includes an optical occupancy sensor. 
     
     
       3. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the occupancy sensing component includes a microwave occupancy sensor. 
     
     
       4. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the occupancy sensing component includes an ultrasonic occupancy sensor. 
     
     
       5. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the BMS port includes at least one of: an RS-232 port, a current loop interface, and an RS-485 port. 
     
     
       6. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the lighting control port includes one of:
 a DALI interface; 
 a 0-10 Volt interface; and 
 a switching interface. 
 
     
     
       7. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device is configured to receive configuration settings from a user interface of the BMS channel via the BMS port. 
     
     
       8. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device includes a lighting control application configured to translate data communicated between the lighting control channel and the BMS channel. 
     
     
       9. The device of  claim 1 , wherein the device includes at least one of:
 an illumination level sensing component; and 
 a temperature sensor. 
 
     
     
       10. A system, comprising:
 a building management system (BMS) including a plurality of BMS devices of a building; 
 a lighting control system including:
 a plurality of lighting control system devices connected to a lighting control bus; and 
 an occupancy sensing device associated with the plurality of lighting control system devices, wherein the occupancy sensing device includes:
 an occupancy sensing component; 
 a BMS port configured to directly connect the occupancy sensing device to the BMS system; 
 a digital addressable lighting interface (DALI) lighting control port configured to directly connect the occupancy sensing device to the lighting control bus; 
 a lighting control application configured to translate data communicated between the lighting control system and the BMS system. 
 
 
 
     
     
       11. The system of  claim 10 , wherein the BMS uses a first protocol and wherein the lighting control system uses a second protocol. 
     
     
       12. The system of  claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of lighting control system devices includes a respective DALI port. 
     
     
       13. The system of  claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of BMS devices includes a respective BMS port. 
     
     
       14. The system of  claim 10 , wherein the plurality of lighting control system devices includes lights, sensing devices, and switch inputs. 
     
     
       15. The system of  claim 10 , wherein the plurality of lighting control system devices includes 64 devices. 
     
     
       16. The system of  claim 10 , wherein the BMS system includes a plant controller, a unitary controller, and a user interface configured to receive input associated with comfort control in a room. 
     
     
       17. The system of  claim 10 , wherein the lighting control application is configured to translate data communicated between the lighting control system and the BMS system in the absence of a Java Application Control Engine (JACE). 
     
     
       18. A method of operating a building management system using a lighting control interface, comprising:
 receiving a request made using a user interface of a building management system (BMS) channel of a building, the request associated with modifying a lighting setting in the building; 
 translating, by an occupancy sensing device connected to the BMS channel via a BMS port, the request from a BMS protocol to a lighting control protocol; and 
 communicating, via a lighting control port of the occupancy sensing device, the translated request from the occupancy sensing device to a device of the lighting control channel. 
 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the user interface is a wall module associated with comfort control in a room of the building, and wherein the occupancy sensing device is installed in the room. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 18 , wherein the method includes modifying the lighting setting in the building according to the request and continuing to provide the modified lighting setting despite a failure of the BMS.